(p. 2) akaṣṭakalpanā spontaneous (and not forced or far-fetched) imagination or (literary) composition. অকষ্টকল্পিত a. not forced or far-fetched, spontaneous, facile, easygoing. 30)

(p. 208) kaṣa a kind of astringent juice of some plants (কলার কষ); stain caused by this juice (কষ লাগা); tannin; touchstone. 102)

(p. 208) kaṣaṭē same as কষাটে । see কষা2 । 103)

(p. 208) kaṣana1 act of rubbing or itching; act of trying gold and other metals on a touchstone; tanning. 104)

(p. 208) kaṣana2 tightening; act of fastening tightly; act of singeing (meat, fish etc.) in oil or fat and with spices; tanning; act of working out a mathematical sum. 105)

(p. 208) kaṣāẏa bitter or astringent juice or taste; tannic taste; tannin; decoction; dull red colour. a. of bitter or astringent taste; or tannic taste; dull red; reddish; dyed (esp. in red.) কষায়িত a. slightly reddened (রোষকষায়িত); dyed. 107)

(p. 208) kaṣā2 astringent; tight; strict, severe; niggardly, close-fisted; constipative (কষা ধাত); (of meat, fish etc.) signed in oil or fat and with spices. v. to try (gold etc.) on a streak-plate; to work out (a mathematical sum); to calculate (price etc.); to singe (meat, fish etc.) in oil or fat and with spices; to tighten; to bind tightly; to tan (hides); to make astringent. ̃কষি n. unswerving enforcement of rule, law etc; rigour, strictness; act of tightening; tugging and counter-tugging; higgling (দরকষাকষি); strained state, estrangement (মনকষাকষি). কষাকষি করা v. to enforce strictness or rigour; to tighten; to contest or try laboriously. দর কষাকষি করা v. to higgle, to chaffer. মন কষাকষি করা v. to estrange oneself (from); to quarrel (with). কষানো v. to singe meat; to tan (hides). কষাটে a. slightly astringent; (fig.) divested of taste or flavour; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. কষা মাংস n. singed meat; meat cooked with oil and spices. 106)

(p. 208) kaṣi a straight line drawn with a pen or pencil; a punctuation mark used in Bengali in place of a full stop; the part of the loincloth which is tied round the waist; a tender stone of green mango. 108)

(p. 208) kaṣita tried on a streak-plate; tried on a streak-plate and found perfectly pure (কষিত কাঞ্চন). 109)

(p. 208) kaṣuṭē same as কষাটে । 110)

(p. 208) kaṣē bān̐dhā to fasten or fastening very tightly. 111)

(p. 208) kaṣṭa grief, sorrow; trouble, difficulty; pain, suffering; labour, hard effort, toil (কষ্টার্জিত); hardship; want, privation. কষ্ট করা v. to labour hard, to endeavour laboriously, to toil; to take trouble, to take pains; to undergo hardships; to suffer. কষ্ট দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty; to put to inconvenience; to oppress, to cause suffering (to), to distress; to pain; to grieve. কষ্ট পাওয়া v. to get into trouble, to be in difficulty; to suffer (from); to be oppressed or distressed; to feel pain; to grieve (for, at); to be moved with pity or sympathy. ̃কর a. difficult, hard; troublesome; laborious, toilsome; painful; distressing; oppressive, vexatious. ̃কল্পনা n. a far-fetched or forced or laboured concept or thought. ̃কল্পিত a. far-fetched, forced. ̃দায়ক same as কষ্টকর । ̃ভোগ n. suffering. কষ্টভোগ করা v. to suffer. ̃সহ, ̃সহিষ্ণু a. painstaking; able to undergo hardships, inured to hardships. ̃সাধ্য same as কষ্টকর । 112)

(p. 208) kaṣṭārjita hard-earned (কষ্টার্জিত অর্থ). 113)

(p. 208) kaṣṭi act of trying or testing (gold etc.) on a touchstone; a touchstone. ̃পাথর n. touchstone. কষ্টিপাথরে যাচাই করা v. to try or test the purity (of gold etc.) by rubbing on a touchstone; to assay (metals). 114)

(p. 208) kaṣṭēsṛṣṭē with considerable or great difficulty. কষ্টেসৃষ্টে চালানো v. to manage with difficulty; to contrive to live on a small income. 115)

(p. 485) dara-kaṣākaṣi bargaining, chaffering or haggling or higgling. দর-কষাকষি করা v. to chaffer, to haggle or higgle. 23)

(p. 568) nikaṣa a streakplate or touchstone; whetstone; whetting; a testing streak of gold. নিকষণ n. act of rubbing or testing (gold) on a touchstone. নিকষিত a. rubbed or tested on a touchstone; polished; found to be genuine by testing on a touchstone, pure, sterling ('নিকষিত হেম'). 23)

(p. 593) naikaṣēẏa a son of Nikasa (নিকষা) in the Ramayana, Ravana and his brothers. 93)

(p. 593) naikaṣya tested on a streak-plate; pure blooded (নৈকষ্য কুলীন), (of beasts) pedigreed; pure, genuine. 94)

(p. 831) manakaṣākaṣi strained relations; mutual ill-feelings; bad blood. মনকষাকষি করা v. to strain one's relations with; to fall out with. 58)